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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1030 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



TXC121-439-250445-

DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-

1030 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES...



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS COME TO AN END...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING ISSUES IN DENTON COUNTY. 

MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS STILL HAVE HIGH WATER OR ARE 

IMPASSABLE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN FROM NEAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE...TO DENTON...NORTHEASTWARD TO 

PILOT POINT. SOME TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED 10 INCHES.



THE FLOODING ISSUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE 

WARNING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE EXERCISING CAUTION...AS IT 

IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. MOST FLOOD 

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER 

THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART 

CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3299 9752 3301 9738 3342 9738 3343 9728

      3342 9727 3342 9684 3301 9684 3300 9704

      3291 9704 3277 9754



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